1980 Professional Ticket Event

June 2023 June 2023 1980 Professional Ticket Event 1980 12 7 1980 12 13 y Snooker Centre Sheffield England WPBSA Amateur (Tour Qualifier) 132 (Eugene Hughes) ENG Dave Martin IRL Eugene Hughes 9–6 First Last The 1980 Professional Ticket Event was a snooker main tour qualifying event held by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), which took place from 7 to 13 December 1980. The tournament was played at the Snooker Centre in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and featured eight invited amateur players who hoped to qualify to compete on the main tour as professionals for the following season.Vic Harris: trying for his ticket Snooker Scene October 1980 12...and Eugene's Belfast Telegraph 4 October 1980 17 It was promoted by Mike Watterson on behalf of the WPBSA. Dave Martin won the tournament, beating Eugene Hughes 9–6 in the final. Hughes recorded the highest break of the event, 132, in the 13th frame of the final. At the time of the tournament, the WPBSA had a policy that only winners of the World Amateur Snooker Championship, the English Amateur Championship or a Professional Ticket event would be admitted as professional players. This was changed so that "established amateur international snooker players and winners of prestigious amateur titles"10 would also be considered, and by February 1981, Watterson, Hughes and Paul Medati had all been accepted as professionals, along with Jack Fitzmaurice (who had withdrawn from the Professional Ticket Event because he felt it was an unfair system) and Dessie Sheehan. Billy Kelly and Mick Fisher had applied but were rejected.WPBSA see the light Snooker Scene February 1981 10–11 Main draw Results for the tournament are shown below.Martin earns ticket Snooker Scene February 1981 7 Quarter-finalsBest of 17 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 17 frames IRL Eugene Hughes 9 ENG Mick Fisher 3 IRL Billy Kelly 9 ENG Vic Harris 8 ENG Ian Williamson 9 ENG Paul Medati 5 ENG Dave Martin 6Martin led Graham 6–2, at which point Graham conceded.Not the ticket Snooker Scene January 1981 25 ENG Tony Graham 2 IRL Eugene Hughes 9 IRL Billy Kelly 2 ENG Ian Williamson 3 ENG Dave Martin 9 IRL Eugene Hughes 6 ENG Dave Martin 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames.Snooker Centre, Sheffield, England, 13 December 1980. Dave Martin 9–6 Eugene Hughes IRL Ireland 13–70(53), 82–15, 85(68)–22, 85–15, 87–33, 76–17, 98(79)–36, 39–87, 51–58, 81–49, 46–78, 21–97(59), 0–133(132), 87–15, 64–44 79 Highest break 132 0 Century breaks 1 2 50+ breaks 3 Century breaks There were two century breaks at the tournament: 132 Eugene Hughes 100 Billy Kelly Notes References Category:Snooker non-ranking competitions Category:Snooker competitions in England Category:1980 in snooker Category:1980 in English sport